I still have a picture of you and Cool Chicken on my fridge.
On 9/17/07, Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net> wrote:
>
> You know what? Three of those chickens just jump in my hands now when I
> open it up to feed and change water. The yellow one practically tries to
> fly out of there and land on me. WOW. Amazing what chickens are like when
> you handle them all the time. I'm gonna have several "Cool Chickens!" (for
> those on the list that don't know - Cool Chicken was a Rhode Island Red
> chicken that I used to have that would sit on your lap and eat fritos and
> follow you everywhere. She was WAY cool)
>
>
> Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
> ohmigosh woman - THAT was close call. poor little babies must have been
> scared silly!
>
> On 9/14/07, Jesse Bell wrote:
> >
> > Yep. Amazing.
> >
> >
> > Kitty wrote:
> > And there were still ten?
> >
> > Kitty
> > neIN, Zone 5
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jesse Bell"
> > To:
> > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:30 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re:Cats and Chicks..
> >
> >
> > > Really? Yes, I'd be interested in seeing the magazine or online
> catalog
> > > for your chicken brooder. Last night we went and bought a galvanized
> > > steel water trough (small and lower to the ground - small sheep or
> goat
> > > size) and transferred the chicks into that. I have 10 of them now and
> > the
> > > box was just too small. I let my guard down for 5 minutes while I went
> > > outside to dump the old shavings into the compost pile and when I came
> > > BACK, RAJA was sitting INSIDE the trough, with the chicks, staring at
> > > them. Poor little chicks were all huddled at one end, scared to DEATH.
> I
> > > yelled "RAJA!!!! - NOT YOURS!!! AGHHHHHHHH" and went after her...she
> > > scampered out of there and I didn't see her for the rest of the night.
> I
> > > was so lucky. Can't believe I forgot to close the laundry room door
> > > behind me.
> > >
> > >
> > > Daryl
> > wrote:
> > > My chick brooder has a screen top on one end, and wood with some small
> > > plexi
> > > windows on the end with the heat lamp. Diesel loved to spend the day
> > > watching the chicks and enjoying the extra warmth.
> > >
> > > I was glad the chicks got big enough for Diesel to leave them alone.
> He
> > > was
> > > good when I was out there with him, but considering the lust in his
> > eyes,
> > > and what he did to a wren that got onto the screened porch, I think
> that
> > > he
> > > would have made lunch out of them given the chance. It was a very
> > > well-traveled wren before he dropped it in the dining room and I was
> > able
> > > to
> > > get it out from underneath the furniture. Don't want to do that again!
> > >
> > > BTW - the plans for my brooder came from Countryside and Small Stock
> > > Journal
> > > and it can double as a cheese dryer, if you're interested. I can raise
> > > half
> > > a dozen chicks to 6 weeks w/ no problem.
> > >
> > > d
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jesse Bell"
> > > To:
> > > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:39 AM
> > > Subject: [CHAT] Re:Cats and Chicks..
> > >
> > >
> > >> Raja has been sitting by my newly hatched chicks every day that I've
> > had
> > >> them in the house. They are safe, in a big plastic storage box with a
> > lid
> > >> that has holes cut in it. I have a heat lamp in there - BUT - you can
> > >> sort of see the chicks walking around inside the box because of the
> > light
> > >> shining on it, and Raja sits there, with HUGE eyes, and stares at the
> > >> box.
> > >> I take the lid off to change the food, water and wood shavings, and
> to
> > >> play with the little cuties..and Raja sneaks her head over the edge
> and
> > >> looks at them, then looks at me like "can I have 'em?" and I say, "NO
> > >> Raja - not yours" and she sits back down, looking very put out. But
> she
> > >> knows when I say "not yours" that she has to leave them alone. But
> she
> > >> really, really wants them. I love those silly chicks. Because I've
> had
> > >> them since day 1 or 2 and handle them all the time, they just sit in
> my
> > >> hand and fall asleep. We had a new one hatch yesterday and I left it
> > >> under the mother for the first day. They do
> > >> better that way. I think I'll have 2-3 more before it's all over. It
> is
> > >> so amazing to watch this whole process. Very cool.
> > >
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> > > Jesse R. Bell
> > >
> > > "All that we are is a result of what we have thought." - Buddha
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> Pam Evans
> Kemp TX
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